Grieving mother Colleen Holding's daughter went missing in 1979 while hitchhiking. Now Ms Holding is adding her voice to calls for a dedicated forensics lab to help solve more than 2,000 long-term missing person cases in Australia.

Medical researchers call for a temporary ban on insurers collecting information on genetic testing, saying people are not taking advantage of new genetic technology because they are worried of losing their insurance cover.

A shred of DNA found at a crime scene doesn't help police unless it can be connected to somebody. But in the future, what if that DNA on its own could produce the likely face of a suspect? This researcher is looking to answer that by comparing what people look like with what their DNA says they should look like.